I’m just a gender-confusion issue away from buying these shoes. Someone had to do it: women’s heels with a clipless pedal cleat mounted. If this…
Mark V
Green fire for St Patrick’s Day
Zuca Sport: A travel bag with integrated seat
Zuca is a company that makes travel bags that take the load off your body when you walk and your weight off your feet when…
SRAM introduces X7 group: mid-level mtb 2×10
Introduced at the Taipei Bike Show, SRAM’s new X7 mtb group is “aimed at mid-level XC to entry-level downhillers and freeriders.” No pricing announced yet,…
OEM seatpost: weight/cost at the entry level
The two most common questions from new road bike buyers is “what does it weigh?” and “how much does it cost?” And really, these two…
From the Bike Shop: The Mystery Tool
I work in a shop that is more than a quarter century old, housed within a building that is more than a century old. The…
From the Bike Shop: Tips for Gluing Tubular Tires
< p>Road racing season is almost here, and another round of gluing tubular race tires begins. Here are some of tips for making the operation…
Bont shoes explained (or the parallels of skating and cycling)
Let’s imagine that cycling experiences a decade-long boom in popularity, fueled by media coverage, high profile personalities, and flashy new technology. Then just as suddenly,…
In the Bike Shop: After Hours
One of the few perks of being a bike shop employee is working off the clock on side projects. My friend just acquired a used…
More Stinger 9
One wheel (the factory built Stinger 9 FR) glued-up and mounted. Still working on the spoke experiments on the rear rim. I don’t have the…